svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=10580
are built, it is safe to remove any and all files from this directory since
they will be automatically fetched on demand for a given build. If you would
like to selectively prune obsolete files from this directory, see
-\fBeclean\fR(1) from the gentoolkit package. Note
+\fBeclean\fR(1) from the gentoolkit package.
+
+Use the \fBPORTAGE_RO_DISTDIRS\fR variable to specify one or
+more read-only directories containing distfiles.
+
+Note
that locations under /usr/portage are not necessarily safe for data storage.
See the \fBPORTDIR\fR documentation for more information.
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